ARTICLE VI. RATES AND
BILLING PROCEDURES
Sec.18.1-71.
Power to establish rates and enforce payment.
(a) The governing body is vested
with the authority to make and fix rates at which service shall be supplied to customers
of the public sewer system and to collect, require, and enforce the payment thereof by all
remedies provided for by law.
(b) The rates fixed by the
governing body shall be fair and just and shall take into consideration the cost of
construction, maintenance, extension, operation, and administration of the public sewer
system, including the cost of necessary insurance, interest and principal on bonds, and
any other cost or expense growing out of the operation of, or appertaining to, the public
sewer system. |